I think it would be great if we could work together with leaders in the ME through mutual understanding. The question is, can we or should we try to come to a mutual understanding with people who state as one of their goals the destruction of America and the death of Americans (by the way, they don't ask what party you are from when they kill you). I think a problem is that we don't communicate properly that this is not a war against Islam.

As far as creating terrorists, there are more terrorists active in Iraq, but terrorists were being created long before we went into Iraq. The US invasion has no doubt led to increased activity, however this doesn't explain a lot of terrorist activity before this. The state education systems of even moderate Egypt depicts Jews as less than human. The Syrian education system does the same and worse. Iran has shown cartoons, obviously aimed at children, showing the glory of being a suicide bomber. The best selling song in Egyptian history is "I Hate Jews", you can find the lyrics online. There are many more examples. The hatred is indoctrinated in some and cannot be blamed on the US.